Accessing My Instagram Historical Data

If you haven’t heard already, you can review and download your Instagram data – the downloadable data is (some of) the info Instagram has collected from your activities on your account. Out of curiosity, I decided to check out what exactly Instagram has on...

Here’s How To Lose A Customer…

I proudly support local and home businesses. Whether it’s a physical shop, online store or a business run on social media, there’s something about the journey in supporting local businesses and knowing you are directly supporting someone’s dream, the...

5 Mistakes Home Businesses Make On Instagram

Sometimes I get on Instagram just to check what’s new and available at online stores and home businesses. I can’t help it… I am a recovering online shopaholic after all 😉  Other times I come across some profiles (mainly home businesses) that make one...

The Impulsive Online Shopper

I have a habit of stalking the goods I buy online. Yes, I suppose one can argue that I have a lot of time on my hands, but to be honest, I just want to make sure I don’t experience any cognitive dissonance (and here I thought I’d never use Marketing text book terms in...

Skills Today That Didn’t Exist 10 Years Ago

Technology doesn’t just stop at adding comfort to our lives, it extends to the nature of our careers and new, evolving skills. There’s also that distinct influence in pop culture when you compare current lifestyles to even as near a past as 10 years ago....

Alternatives to Google Reader

Now that the reality of Google Reader shutting down by July 1st is kicking in, competitors are cashing in and it’s time (if you haven’t yet) to consider alternative RSS readers that will provide as great an experience as GR did. I’m only listing...

An Upside To Facebook?

Contrary to those cynics like me who believe too much Facebook is bad for the health, there actually is a positive effect Facebook has on our psyche. New research that surfaced recently suggests people who are having a down day, log onto Facebook, not to keep tabs on...

Facebook: 1 Billion Users

I’ve come across an interesting article on BrianSolis about Facebook reaching 1 billion users (you read right – one billion). An estimated 9% of the account holders are fake. Let’s make sense of what 1 billion users actually mean. Take a look at the...

Dear Matt

An open letter to you. It would be miraculous if you, one of the 40 million internet users for whom it’s meant, get to read this. For the rest of you who choose to read this anyway, buckle up and learn a thing or two… Dear Matt I don’t think you know...

Why you shouldn’t type lyk dis

Permit me to be blunt for a few precious moments here as I have something I need to get off my chest: To all the people who type in dis fashn n tink itz kewl, you’re asking to be assaulted with a dictionary. Kindly extend those few precious moments a little...

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Saajida Says is a lifestyle blog inspired by my life as a writer, mum and food-lover living in Cape Town.

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